PICTURES: Ex-Navy WAVE, 90, recalls rigging parachutes in WWII

Ex-Navy WAVE, 90, recalls rigging parachutes in WWII

HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL

Bill Mitchell, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, met Gloria Christ in San Diego after the war and followed her to Easton, where they were married in 1948. Bill died in 1994 at age 77. His widow, Gloria Mitchell, who was a Navy parachute rigger in the WAVES, lives in west Bethlehem and is 90 years old.

Bill Mitchell, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II, met Gloria Christ in San Diego after the war and followed her to Easton, where they were married in 1948. Bill died in 1994 at age 77. His widow, Gloria Mitchell, who was a Navy parachute rigger in the WAVES, lives in west Bethlehem and is 90 years old. (HARRY FISHER / THE MORNING CALL)